Dynamic Effect Controls for Clearer Interaction and Preview

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing effect interaction systems provide limited visual information, making it difficult for users to understand the interaction logic and application effects, leading to unsuccessful effect triggering and a suboptimal user experience.

Innovation Solution

Displaying dynamic visual information, such as videos or dynamic images, for effect controls to indicate operation specifications and effect previews, allowing users to intuitively understand and efficiently select desired effects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If static visual information is provided for effect controls, then the interface is simple and easy to implement, but users cannot understand the interaction logic and application effects, leading to unsuccessful effect triggering

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffect triggering success rateVSAvoidvisual information richness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms static effect control visual information into dynamic visual information that changes based on user interaction states. The effect control displays different visual content (preview images, animation GIFs, videos) at different interaction stages, making the interface dynamic and adaptive to user needs while resolving the contradiction between simplicity and information richness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by displaying operation specification information and effect preview information before the user actually applies the effect. This allows users to understand what operations are needed and what the effect will look like in advance, improving their ability to successfully trigger effects without requiring trial and error.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If detailed operation specifications and effect previews are provided, then user understanding improves, but the interface complexity and information processing load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser understanding of effect interactionsVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interface dynamically adjusts the amount and type of information displayed based on user interaction. Initially, only essential effect thumbnails are shown. When users interact with an effect control, additional information (operation specifications, effect previews) is loaded and displayed. This dynamic approach provides comprehensive information when needed while maintaining interface simplicity during normal browsing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements periodic action by loading and displaying detailed information in stages rather than all at once. First, effect thumbnails are displayed. Upon user interaction, operation specifications are loaded and displayed. Then, effect previews are loaded and displayed. This staged information presentation reduces initial interface complexity while providing complete information progressively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

3Ease of operation

If dynamic visual information is displayed for all effect controls simultaneously, then users can understand effects better, but the rendering performance and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffect preview qualityVSAvoidrendering energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-loading only the essential effect thumbnail information that is needed for initial display. Detailed dynamic visual information (animation GIFs, videos) is not loaded until users actually interact with specific effect controls. This lazy loading approach reduces initial energy consumption while providing high-quality previews when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of visual information quality to different effect controls based on user interaction. Effect controls that users have not yet interacted with display static thumbnails (lower resource usage). Effect controls that users have interacted with display dynamic previews (higher resource usage). This localized quality adjustment optimizes overall energy consumption while maintaining high preview quality where needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20250370606A1Method, apparatus, device, and storage medium of effect interaction
Publication Date: 2025.12.04 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

According to the embodiments of the disclosure, a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for effect interaction are provided. The method includes: displaying an effect interaction interface, wherein the effect interaction interface comprises a control area and a content area, the control area comprises a group of effect controls, the group of effect controls is configured to display first visual information of a corresponding effect, and the content area is configured to provide a preview of applying an effect to a target content; receiving a first predetermined operation for a target control in the group of effect controls; and switching the target control to display second visual information of a target effect corresponding to the target control, wherein the second visual information comprises dynamic visual information for indicating at least one of an operation specification or an effect preview of the target effect.